Faustian Bargains
Faustian bargains of the review world
Jeremy Black delves into a history book which disappoints and a biography not to be missed
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature